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the polls have really tighten add lot. the last debate, the first debate with romney and obama really upended the opportunities for us in ohio. so you're seeing that. they're on the offense and it's interesti interesting. you u saw the obama campaign announce that clinton and springsteen are going to be campaigning for them in ohio. to me that seems they have to pull out the big guns now to not seat any ground. >> i mean governor romney, this is his fourth day in a row in ohio. i think both campaigns have been pretty clear how important the buckeye state is. i'll ask is there a path to 270 for you guys without ohio? >> look. i don't think they've written ohio out or excuse me off. it's still their path to 270. that's why they're there. because there's excitement on the ground there. you're seeing vol -- >> can you win the presidency without ohio? >> yes. i believe so. i've not done the private polling. look what they're doing. they wouldn't be there if this wasn't a winnable state for them. one of the things you should loo
the polls have really tighten add lot. the last debate, the first debate with romney and obama really upended the opportunities for us in ohio. so you're seeing that. they're on the offense and it's interesti interesting. you u saw the obama campaign announce that clinton and springsteen are going to be campaigning for them in ohio. to me that seems they have to pull out the big guns now to not seat any ground. >> i mean governor romney, this is his fourth day in a row in ohio. i think...
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we've also seen widening polls in north carolina, where romney's ahead. with that being said, the victory centers remain open, and the ground game is very strong at this point. we're seeing very strong early voting as well in north carolina. and so i really do think that governor romney and his staff is going to beat president in north carolina as well, but as in every campaign, you're allocating resources to different states and it changes week by week. >> but might it be more about ohio, as ohio has become even more important? >> well, ohio's very important, wisconsin. we're seeing in pennsylvania, there was one poll that just came out that showed that romney was ahead by a few points. so, again, there's all these different battleground states in play at this point. >> so they may have shifted scenarios here at this point, saying, things are looking closer in ohio, let's rejigger. >> you have to civil right for every vote, and part of it is allocating these resources. when you have to invest resources in different areas, at this point in north carolina,
we've also seen widening polls in north carolina, where romney's ahead. with that being said, the victory centers remain open, and the ground game is very strong at this point. we're seeing very strong early voting as well in north carolina. and so i really do think that governor romney and his staff is going to beat president in north carolina as well, but as in every campaign, you're allocating resources to different states and it changes week by week. >> but might it be more about...
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earlier we talked about the polls and mitt romney on the move. mitt romney spent 90 minutes on the stage lying about everything he claimed to stand for prior to the debate. he lied about his tax plan, he lied about his health care plan, he lied about medicare and medicaid and social security, he lied about deregulation, he lied about jobs, he lied about education. think about this. after campaigning for 18 months on a tax plan for the job creators there that will reduce their taxes 20% on personal income, cut capital gains taxes and business taxes, romney stood on stage with president obama and denied all of that. he told the american people that he really didn't have a plan, which my friends, is completely a 180. after saying it, every campaign stop for 18 months that he would repeal obama care on day one, he stood before the american people and said his plan would take care of preexisting conditions. after the debate, his campaign admitted it would not. romney says his health care plan, which passed in massachusetts, would be good for states. b
earlier we talked about the polls and mitt romney on the move. mitt romney spent 90 minutes on the stage lying about everything he claimed to stand for prior to the debate. he lied about his tax plan, he lied about his health care plan, he lied about medicare and medicaid and social security, he lied about deregulation, he lied about jobs, he lied about education. think about this. after campaigning for 18 months on a tax plan for the job creators there that will reduce their taxes 20% on...
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but recent polls show mitt romney is closing the gap, ra perhaps helped by paul ryan's prepares on his ticket. paul ryan is in florida today focusing on the economy. >> here is the problem. we don't need sugar high economics. we don't need synthetic money creation. we need economic growth. we want wealth creation. we don't want to print money. we want opportunity and growth. >> one more note here about wisconsin. a judge there has struck down much of the state law championed by governor scott walker that virtually ended collective war beginning rights for most public workers. the law however remains largely in effect for state workers, but not for city, count city and school workers. the state will appeal the decision. we'll have more on these stories in the next two hours. >>> now more on that big labor win in wisconsin, want to bring in the panel. bob cusack, edward isaac, and katherine rampelt. good afternoon to all of you. katherine, the law still remain intact for state worker, but a win for city, county and school workers. what does the ruling mean for the union movement as a who
but recent polls show mitt romney is closing the gap, ra perhaps helped by paul ryan's prepares on his ticket. paul ryan is in florida today focusing on the economy. >> here is the problem. we don't need sugar high economics. we don't need synthetic money creation. we need economic growth. we want wealth creation. we don't want to print money. we want opportunity and growth. >> one more note here about wisconsin. a judge there has struck down much of the state law championed by...
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mitt romney is runng behind in the polls. he needs to bring his a game tomorrow night. does he has have a game? romney has an uphi climb on his hands. done some al damagto the campaign. is being given analysis by the americaneople. >> that infamous piece otape american peopl st poll shows just 23% of likely votersay romy's comments made th tnk more 45% said it madefeel more romn senior adviser ed gillese sa they are expecting the 47% remark to come up in tomorrow's date and is prepared to an it and address it. we believe the voters willee and appreciate the facat overnor romney'salking about uld improvthe ity ericans. joining me tonight is msnbc political analysrichd wolffe and host of "now with alex wagn",lex wagner. congratulations on your show. it's realltaken off. >> thank you, ed. >> there's dage here. mee polls owt. you can almost feel it. richard, how does heeverse the damage tomorrow night? >> if he'srte the debate as a c reintroduce himselto the american people. he blew that opporni conventions, but this isn't a moment for zingers. this ia moment about lainthe
mitt romney is runng behind in the polls. he needs to bring his a game tomorrow night. does he has have a game? romney has an uphi climb on his hands. done some al damagto the campaign. is being given analysis by the americaneople. >> that infamous piece otape american peopl st poll shows just 23% of likely votersay romy's comments made th tnk more 45% said it madefeel more romn senior adviser ed gillese sa they are expecting the 47% remark to come up in tomorrow's date and is prepared to...
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mitt romney is running behind in the polls. he needs to bring his a game tomorrow night. does he has have a game? romney has an uphill climb on his hands. no doubt about it. the comments about the 47% has done some real damage to the campaign. >> that infamous piece of tape is being given analysis by the american people. >> that infamous piece of tape is being given analysis by the american people. the latest poll shows just 23% of likely voters say romney's comments made them think more positively about the candidate. 45% said it made them feel more negatively about mitt romney. romney senior adviser ed gillespie said they are expecting the 47% remark to come up in tomorrow's debate and is prepared to answer it and address it. we believe the voters will see and appreciate the fact that what governor romney's talking about would improve the quality of life for 100% of americans. joining me tonight is msnbc political analyst richard wolffe and host of "now with alex wagner", alex wagner. congratulations on your show. it's really taken off. >> thank you, ed. >> there's dama
mitt romney is running behind in the polls. he needs to bring his a game tomorrow night. does he has have a game? romney has an uphill climb on his hands. no doubt about it. the comments about the 47% has done some real damage to the campaign. >> that infamous piece of tape is being given analysis by the american people. >> that infamous piece of tape is being given analysis by the american people. the latest poll shows just 23% of likely voters say romney's comments made them think...
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another thing that comes lou in our poll. the romney can't connect, romney can't do this. i have an alternative theory. he is dragged down by the image of the republican party. it has not been good since he announced his -- this is, okay, romney is not the most charismatic guy. i don't know if the most charismatic guy that could overcome the negative weight of the brand of the raep party right now. it is very tough. and the same way the president's dragging around the weight that is the mediocre to nonexistent economic recovery, which i think is a larger weight to carry, mitt romney's carrying around the weight of an unpopular brand. >> here's the president's message on medicare, apparently scoring higher than romney's in the msnbc poll. the nbc poll, "the wall street journal" poll showed half of registered voter agreed with obama that changing medicare the way ryan has suggested is a bad idea. only 34% agreed with what romney said on medicare. it seems to me that medicare has become the magnet, the lightening rod of this decision. discussion. it looks like they like the w
another thing that comes lou in our poll. the romney can't connect, romney can't do this. i have an alternative theory. he is dragged down by the image of the republican party. it has not been good since he announced his -- this is, okay, romney is not the most charismatic guy. i don't know if the most charismatic guy that could overcome the negative weight of the brand of the raep party right now. it is very tough. and the same way the president's dragging around the weight that is the...
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the polls at this point, romney is outside the margin of error and leading. i think it will be another close contest because that's what we've seen. romney would really like to put it away here but i think we're in for a longer haul in this. >> candy crowley, thank you so much. 4:00 eastern time, everybody join us for that entire hour dedicated to the presidential contenders in the 2012 election. hopefully we'll have the results for you. 4:00 eastern time today. >>> all right. a top goldman sachs exec quits his job in a very big way, writes a nasty resignation letter that goes viral. how to quit with grace. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. the healthcare law gives us powerful tools to fight it... to investigate it... ...prosecute it... and stop criminals. our senior medicare patrol volunteers... are teaching seniors across the country... ...to stop, spot, and report fraud. you can help. guard your medicare card. don't give out your card number over the phone. call to report any suspected fraud. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. let's make medicare
the polls at this point, romney is outside the margin of error and leading. i think it will be another close contest because that's what we've seen. romney would really like to put it away here but i think we're in for a longer haul in this. >> candy crowley, thank you so much. 4:00 eastern time, everybody join us for that entire hour dedicated to the presidential contenders in the 2012 election. hopefully we'll have the results for you. 4:00 eastern time today. >>> all right. a...
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the latest polls show romney with a slight lead over santorum in illinois. santorum maintains he will be the republican nominee arguing that romney is too similar to the man republicans are trying to replace. >> the more i look at the record of governor romney and match it up against barack obama i feel like i'm doing a training run for the general election. the same issues i'm campaigning on are the same i'll campaign against barack obama on, the government overreach in health care and cap and trade trying to control the manufacturing and energy sector of the economy and, of course, you know, the bailouts, all of these things are, you know, unfortunately governor romney and barack obama are in the same place. >> but romney is using a similar line of attack against santorum. during a campaign stop in illinois romney accused santorum and the president of being weak on the issue of the economy. >> i'm convinced that america is going to have the best chance of replacing an economic lightweight if we nominate an economic heavyweight. now, there's some other good
the latest polls show romney with a slight lead over santorum in illinois. santorum maintains he will be the republican nominee arguing that romney is too similar to the man republicans are trying to replace. >> the more i look at the record of governor romney and match it up against barack obama i feel like i'm doing a training run for the general election. the same issues i'm campaigning on are the same i'll campaign against barack obama on, the government overreach in health care and...
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one poll shows santorum ahead of romney in that state. a defeat would not jest be embarrassing, but politico says ted by a mortgage at blow. it's also broadband questioned by ron paul, which weather forced one county to postpone its voting. and the straw poll victory may have been rigged. >> for years ron paul has won those, because he just trucks in a lot of people, pays for their ticket, they make their vote, and they leave. >> we don't do that. i don't try to rig straw polls -- >> do you think governor romney -- >> i think there was some unhappiness at the announcement. >>> mark murray joins us. do you think he rigged it? he says, you have to ask the campaign. is this sour grapes or based anywhere in fact, mark? >> tamron, every straw 308 that i have ever covered, there are -- that ames straw poll that all of us followed heavily back in august, everyone was offered free food, free transportation to go. there's always some type of rigging involved. the people usually complaining are the ones who did not win. what's surprising, however,
one poll shows santorum ahead of romney in that state. a defeat would not jest be embarrassing, but politico says ted by a mortgage at blow. it's also broadband questioned by ron paul, which weather forced one county to postpone its voting. and the straw poll victory may have been rigged. >> for years ron paul has won those, because he just trucks in a lot of people, pays for their ticket, they make their vote, and they leave. >> we don't do that. i don't try to rig straw polls --...
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they say that mitt romney's message of the economy is winning here. polls do reflect that. obama though however is winning on the trust issue. the big question in iowa is that of early voting. as of today, democrats have a $65,000, 65,000 voter advantage in terms of early voting. that is very important because in 2008, john mccain beat president obama in terms of voters who voted on election day. bush did the same thing to kerry. kerry in '04 was leading the early ballot and bush was able to win on election day with the republican voters. it's going to be a very interesting might. let's talk more about the big ten fire wall with ron mott in wisconsin. >> good morning to you. well, president obama and governor romney have gone head to head and toe to toe here in wisconsin. the president was here on friday. governor romney was here on saturday and on friday in ohio, the president said voting is the best revenge and a lot of democrats might be headed out to the polls tomorrow with revenge on their minds because what happened here five months ago. they came out on the shorthand
they say that mitt romney's message of the economy is winning here. polls do reflect that. obama though however is winning on the trust issue. the big question in iowa is that of early voting. as of today, democrats have a $65,000, 65,000 voter advantage in terms of early voting. that is very important because in 2008, john mccain beat president obama in terms of voters who voted on election day. bush did the same thing to kerry. kerry in '04 was leading the early ballot and bush was able to...
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gallup's daily tracking poll shows the president with a three-point lead over mitt romney. that poll includes responses given before and after the debate. take a look at this. gallup's job approval poll taken entirely after the debate. 48% say they approve of the job the president's doing while 46% disapprove. before the debate, gallup had the president's approval rating at 54%. 42% disapproval. more on these stories throughout the next hour. president obama and his campaign might have broken a fundraising record last month, but he's still in fundraising mode, as i mentioned a few moments ago. president obama will land in los angeles where he will be attending a star-studded concert this afternoon followed by a $25,000 a plate dinner tonight. he'll end the evening at a private event with former president bill clinton and a dozen of his top donors. it's the latest in a series of trips to tinsel town to raise money. joining me now is our nbc white house correspondent. we've been talking about it all weekend. president obama's record setting fundraising total for last month. $
gallup's daily tracking poll shows the president with a three-point lead over mitt romney. that poll includes responses given before and after the debate. take a look at this. gallup's job approval poll taken entirely after the debate. 48% say they approve of the job the president's doing while 46% disapprove. before the debate, gallup had the president's approval rating at 54%. 42% disapproval. more on these stories throughout the next hour. president obama and his campaign might have broken a...
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for the first time in months he has clear average in ohio polls, too. romney is up over santorum. virtual tie in margin of error. but that is a step-point shift to romney in the last week. santorum's lead among self-described ohio conservative is a 35-33 tossup. it's a virtual tie among men. romney is up nine points among women. romney is running strongest in northern and central ohio around cleveland and columbus. of the other super tuesday state, romney has leads in massachusetts, vermont, virginia and idaho. in ohio, santorum is strongest in the southwest, near the indiana and kentucky border and southeast near pennsylvania. he is ineligible for 18 of ohio 66 nominating delegates because of filing problems. he is running strong in tennessee, and is heavily favored in oklahoma. slams romney as a moderate who contends to be conservative. >> one of the basic issues in the campaign is trust. can you trust someone when they say they will be a strong principled conservative? >> gingrich ignored ohio and other super tuesday states to focus on georgia. he hopes to force himself back to
for the first time in months he has clear average in ohio polls, too. romney is up over santorum. virtual tie in margin of error. but that is a step-point shift to romney in the last week. santorum's lead among self-described ohio conservative is a 35-33 tossup. it's a virtual tie among men. romney is up nine points among women. romney is running strongest in northern and central ohio around cleveland and columbus. of the other super tuesday state, romney has leads in massachusetts, vermont,...
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every non-romney candidate have him down in the polls. it dupts look so good. voters get confused twheen and romney. the interesting thing is that romney did what he had to do in the year, in the months and years up to iowa this year to sort of win over the right. i really bet that he and the rest of his crew thought it would be over quickly. as people were paying attention, particularly independents and nondie hard republicans, then there's a subtle way, but this is getting drawn out because of super pacs and because he couldn't pull it off. again and again it's dragging on, this back and forth flip-flop. the longer this goes on, the harder he'sgoing to have making that sale that he's really not as extreme to those independent to the middle of the road voters. >> we have some shocking numbers from a university of cincinnati poll. santorum carrying women voters by almost 20 points. i have to repeat that, 20 points. can you explain that? why would women rush to support rick santorum given what he said in the last two weeks? >> i lived in ohio for a little while
every non-romney candidate have him down in the polls. it dupts look so good. voters get confused twheen and romney. the interesting thing is that romney did what he had to do in the year, in the months and years up to iowa this year to sort of win over the right. i really bet that he and the rest of his crew thought it would be over quickly. as people were paying attention, particularly independents and nondie hard republicans, then there's a subtle way, but this is getting drawn out because...
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during the lead up to today, the polls showed romney with the momentum. according to public policy polling, santorum had an 11-point lead two weeks ago. two days ago, it was romney on top by five. there is a real battle for second place here in washington state with just a hand full of votes separating ron paul and rick santorum. ron paul told the crowd here in seattle that his fight for delegates will continue right up until the state convention when they are in early june. the other question is will mitt romney get a big bump heading into super tuesday from this win here. brett? >> bret: we'll talk to ron paul in just a bit. dan, thank you. now let's look ahead to the big super tuesday contest coming up. more than 400 convention delegates will be in play that day. one of the biggest states, ohio. chief political correspondent carl ram ron is live -- cameron is live in cincinnati. good evening, carl. >> a little chilly. the buckeye state will be the battle ground. now romney has new momentum from his washington win as he heads down ohio's stretch. rick s
during the lead up to today, the polls showed romney with the momentum. according to public policy polling, santorum had an 11-point lead two weeks ago. two days ago, it was romney on top by five. there is a real battle for second place here in washington state with just a hand full of votes separating ron paul and rick santorum. ron paul told the crowd here in seattle that his fight for delegates will continue right up until the state convention when they are in early june. the other question...
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and according to the same poll, romney's up three in virginia. 48-44. those three states look a little different than other recent polls we've seen from those same states. so keep looking for these numbers. in colorado, by the way, the purple poll has president obama ahead 49-46. finally in new hampshire, university of new hampshire poll puts obama in front 49-46. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." mitt romney has moved to the right on abortion since his days of running for governor of massachusetts. but his vp pic is even more so. i'll say. in 2010 he told the weekend standard i'm as pro-life as a person gets. then last year paul ryan cosponsored what's been called a personhood bill. which would declare legally that life begins once a human egg is fertilized. in other words, after conception. is this what republicans have in mind when they want to get rid of obama care and replace it with their own plan? kate michaelton and abby haberton. it seems to radical. talk about radical engineering to declare abortion basically murder. in an o
and according to the same poll, romney's up three in virginia. 48-44. those three states look a little different than other recent polls we've seen from those same states. so keep looking for these numbers. in colorado, by the way, the purple poll has president obama ahead 49-46. finally in new hampshire, university of new hampshire poll puts obama in front 49-46. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." mitt romney has moved to the right on abortion since his...
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and she spoke with him exclusively about romney's prospects in that critical state. >> romney will do well in ohio. polls don't decide elections. voters do. and listen, i've been around ohio. i've done this trip around ohio for a lot of presidential races in the past. everyone i think ohioans vote with their wallets. that's why i think romney's going to win on tuesday. >> so, you're confident that he can pull out a win here? >> very confident he's going to win on tuesday about. >> reporter: boehner did admit that the president has gotten traction in ohio because of the auto bailout. he insists not everyone there was for it. no matter what happens on election day, congress and the president have to immediately turn to the issue of the fiscal cliff. the speaker was really pessimistic to cnn about any major effort during the lame duck session to do more than just a temporary fix. he even admitted that could be tough to get through. don? >> dana, thank you. there is, of course, another big pressing story. not just this election. new information on the cleanup of hurricane sandy, next. ñÃ
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if you look at the poll numbers right now with obama and romney neck and neck. clearly the ropz campaign understands what they are doing, which is what they need to be doing, focus on the issue. not chase down this rabbit, distraction on the part of the obama administration. no matter who says, what the romney campaign at the end of the day is the one that calls the shots on what they release to the people. what he's doing is working by talking about jobs in the economy. the latest poll numbers, all these negative attacks from the obama administration and planting this dirt out there with the media, it's not working. poll numbers are tightening. his negative multi-million dollars of negative ad campaigns, it's not working. the american people at the end of the day want someone with answers for the economy and not just mud to throw at their oppone opponent. >> let me bring in a.b. this retort i've heard all day from republicans, some of alice's colleagues this isn't working, this is a distraction, i don't know that gibes well when you have a series of conservativ
if you look at the poll numbers right now with obama and romney neck and neck. clearly the ropz campaign understands what they are doing, which is what they need to be doing, focus on the issue. not chase down this rabbit, distraction on the part of the obama administration. no matter who says, what the romney campaign at the end of the day is the one that calls the shots on what they release to the people. what he's doing is working by talking about jobs in the economy. the latest poll...
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mitt romney in the latest polling 24%. it is not just about immigration we see this regression, if these numbers are correct. >> it's not just about immigration. mitt romney walked into the selection with the latino vote up for grabs. had he made a case for the economy and education and small business talking directly to the latino voter, he would be ahead among the latino vote. in order to win the white house, tamron, you need at least 40% of the latino vote to make it to the white house, and he doesn't have a formula for that. if you look closely at what's happening in ohio, you have 150,000 voters there that are hispanic and you have virginia where mccain is leading there for the governor and has a sophisticated ground operation that helps obama and you have florida. you have over 100,000 registered democrats, more than republicans among the latino vote. >> let me play what presidential historian michael beshlav that was on this weekend. he talked about this divide and the electorate. let me play it. >> this country is
mitt romney in the latest polling 24%. it is not just about immigration we see this regression, if these numbers are correct. >> it's not just about immigration. mitt romney walked into the selection with the latino vote up for grabs. had he made a case for the economy and education and small business talking directly to the latino voter, he would be ahead among the latino vote. in order to win the white house, tamron, you need at least 40% of the latino vote to make it to the white...
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some polls actually have mitt romney ahead, but overall, it looks like a very tight race. so president obama concentrating some of his effort there, but a lot of it there in the midwestern states, particularly in ohio. >> so the president is not taking florida for granted, even though he won florida four years ago, depending on which poll you're looking at, there's a 3%, 4% margin of error between he and mitt romney. what is the last ditch effort that he can give to floridians now. what is it that he could say to those who they be thinking about going republican or who may be undecided there in florida? >> reporter: and that's really what he's addressing, fredericka, he's sort of saying to people in these closing hours and days, you may be frustrated with the pace of change, but we're heading in the right direction, that's really his message and he's telling people, you know that i am fighting for you, he's emphasizing his economic policies, saying we're trending in the right direction, don't jump ship and also exercising that mitt romney is not someone who is known. he's
some polls actually have mitt romney ahead, but overall, it looks like a very tight race. so president obama concentrating some of his effort there, but a lot of it there in the midwestern states, particularly in ohio. >> so the president is not taking florida for granted, even though he won florida four years ago, depending on which poll you're looking at, there's a 3%, 4% margin of error between he and mitt romney. what is the last ditch effort that he can give to floridians now. what...
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well, mitt romney's hitting 50% in two different daily tracking polls. but the two swing state polls show it's a d
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recent polling there shows him leading romney, 47% to 38%. ohio, of course, a crucial state in november election. want to bring in dan lothian. more on what we can expect from the president as well as jim acosta, he's got latest reaction from the romney camp. dan, first to you. we know the president, he's going to talk about corporate taxes, specifically focusing on romney support for eliminating taxes on the foreign income of american companies. what's the message here? >> reporter: well, the message from the obama campaign will be two-fold. first of all to say while mitt romney may be talking about helping the middle class, that he's looking out for wealthy companies and this is one example, the president will be highlighting a report by an economist that says that some 800,000 jobs could be created overseas, more than 70,000 jobs in china alone. the president, the campaign trying to pain this picture that mitt romney's policies, while he might talk about his experience as a businessman, all of the years that he spent at bain capital, his y
recent polling there shows him leading romney, 47% to 38%. ohio, of course, a crucial state in november election. want to bring in dan lothian. more on what we can expect from the president as well as jim acosta, he's got latest reaction from the romney camp. dan, first to you. we know the president, he's going to talk about corporate taxes, specifically focusing on romney support for eliminating taxes on the foreign income of american companies. what's the message here? >> reporter:...
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no problem. >>> the crucial swing voters, our poll shows president obama and mitt romney are neck-and-neck. the president holding a slim 47 to 44% lead over mitt romney among registered voters. among independents, the president also holds this similar slim lead. a large number 2, 4% still undecided. joining me now is journalist linda, author of "the swing vote." linda, it's great to have you back with me. you point out that there are more independents than democrats since world war ii. not all independents are swing voters. explain that. >> that's right. there's a lot of overlap between the two groups. 40% registered independents. swing voters are those voters who go back and forth between parties. and a poll out shows that one quarter of the electorate are persuadable, have not made up their minds for all these hundreds and millions of dollars that have been spent, negative ads, that one-quarter of the electorate are the swing voters. they probably won't decide until the fall. >> they don't come cheap. >> no, they don't come cheap. well, they are disgusted, frankly, with all of this money
no problem. >>> the crucial swing voters, our poll shows president obama and mitt romney are neck-and-neck. the president holding a slim 47 to 44% lead over mitt romney among registered voters. among independents, the president also holds this similar slim lead. a large number 2, 4% still undecided. joining me now is journalist linda, author of "the swing vote." linda, it's great to have you back with me. you point out that there are more independents than democrats since...
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polls have shown among evangelicals if there is a choice they will not vote for mitt romney but against obama, they'll line up but there is another possibility. they can stay home. i think it's a possibility if mitt romney isn't able to bridge the gap. >> these folks were motivated to vote in a republican primary aren't going to vote in the general? >> unless he's able to appeal in a way he hasn't been able to yet. take a look at what happened in 2008. you know? this, i think this is an important time for mitt romney. if he wants to have a good night delegate wise is he going to do anything to-to-reach out in to conservatives and make a pitch to conservatives and say i'm with you on one view? join me in this fight. if he doesn't do that, it's possible. >> numbers that are question is will you vote for republican nominee in november? 86% said definitely. and 10% said only if any candidate gets the nomination. >> and you're seeing also surprise republican strategies. >> in ohio... >> this is about 100,000. 140,000 over 2008. >> what i'm saying is that if you look now across the contests i
polls have shown among evangelicals if there is a choice they will not vote for mitt romney but against obama, they'll line up but there is another possibility. they can stay home. i think it's a possibility if mitt romney isn't able to bridge the gap. >> these folks were motivated to vote in a republican primary aren't going to vote in the general? >> unless he's able to appeal in a way he hasn't been able to yet. take a look at what happened in 2008. you know? this, i think this...
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president obama right now is actually boating romney in every single poll a lot more than the 36 points that he beat john mccain with the latino vote. here is where i think the danger for romney lies. we've seen that even republican pollsters and voadvisers have sd that no republican can get to the white house without at least 40% of the latino vote, what george bush got when he was re-elected in 2004. he was very god at reaching out to latinos. but right now with mitt romney we're seeing that he doesn't break 25% right now. it's going to be interesting going into tuesday what that means. >> and, maria, one would think that the president, hispanics may be tilting toward the president but they don't just vote on presidents about immigration. >> you're right. for latinos, immigration is not the number one topic. it's jobs and the economy, the way it is for every other american right now. it is a filter issue with the latino community, don. what that means is that if latinos don't like the way that the canned dit didate or the pa speaking to them about immigration, because it is a very per
president obama right now is actually boating romney in every single poll a lot more than the 36 points that he beat john mccain with the latino vote. here is where i think the danger for romney lies. we've seen that even republican pollsters and voadvisers have sd that no republican can get to the white house without at least 40% of the latino vote, what george bush got when he was re-elected in 2004. he was very god at reaching out to latinos. but right now with mitt romney we're seeing that...
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national polls are close. he's ahead. romney campaign insisting no. we have momentum. maybe we're not ahead yet but we're going to be. but do you buy this idea that you need this sort of perception that you can win in order to turn out last-minute voters? is this what this is about is trying to look like a winner because if you do that might mean extra votes? >> you just need to win. what we're encouraged by is that you're seeing romney rise significantly in a cross section of states that could add up to a substantial win in just a couple of weeks. i don't think it's a perception game. it's got to be a reality game because we're still far enough out that what's really going to come down is what you really got. we're seeing a lot of forward movement in places like iowa, in ohio, in nevada. even in wisconsin and i think all of that changes the electoral map and gives us an opportunity to pull it off. >> steve, we saw the fear factor ad coming from the obama campaign today. talking about that number of votes that swung florida in 2005. you have a positive narrative coming
national polls are close. he's ahead. romney campaign insisting no. we have momentum. maybe we're not ahead yet but we're going to be. but do you buy this idea that you need this sort of perception that you can win in order to turn out last-minute voters? is this what this is about is trying to look like a winner because if you do that might mean extra votes? >> you just need to win. what we're encouraged by is that you're seeing romney rise significantly in a cross section of states that...
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there's this new poll that is putting the president ahead of mitt romney nationally. now, within that same poll itself, it puts the president ahead of the governor on the issues of taxes, also on medicare, the two are tied on jobs. romney leading on one issue and one issue only, basically the budget and spending. in your latest argument or article, rather, you make the argument about mitt romney saying that voters don't need more mitt. what they need is core mitt. do you think we're going to see core mitt over these next three days because ohio being such a key battleground state that it is, that the president right now is leading, do you think that he can turn it around right now on this bus trip? >> you know, thomas, we keep expecting that he'll do that, and then he gets off and distracted on the latest flavor of the week or of the day. so he seems to be bouncing around and not giving a coherent cohesive message. this has been his problem throughout. now, the polls are continuing to edge more and more in obama's direction, particularly in the battleground states. bu
there's this new poll that is putting the president ahead of mitt romney nationally. now, within that same poll itself, it puts the president ahead of the governor on the issues of taxes, also on medicare, the two are tied on jobs. romney leading on one issue and one issue only, basically the budget and spending. in your latest argument or article, rather, you make the argument about mitt romney saying that voters don't need more mitt. what they need is core mitt. do you think we're going to...
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romney by four full points heading into the conventions suggesting that romney maybe didn't get much of a bounce from his vp selection of ryan. other polls show slightly different results. you're looking at an obama lead of one or two points. that's what it's been for a few months now. does any of this come as a surprise when you consider the state of the economy and unemployment well above 8%? you think obama might be doing worse than this. why is he outperforming himself? in the guest spot, the number cruncher who set out to answer that question. john sides from george washington university and the co-author of the ebook spb the gam double." he's the author of a great blauth monkey cage. check it out if you want to learn anything about the presidential race. thanks for joining us. i want to start by having you explain your research because i read the first chapter of your book and you really get into this. i'd love for you to explain it to people. you looked at presidents going back six decades, measures approval rating against the economy. tell us what you found out about obama by
romney by four full points heading into the conventions suggesting that romney maybe didn't get much of a bounce from his vp selection of ryan. other polls show slightly different results. you're looking at an obama lead of one or two points. that's what it's been for a few months now. does any of this come as a surprise when you consider the state of the economy and unemployment well above 8%? you think obama might be doing worse than this. why is he outperforming himself? in the guest spot,...
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the latest "time" magazine poll that came out yesterday showed the president ahead of mitt romney by 5 percentage points. our cnn polling of polls has a smaller advantage for president obama by three points but as you said, he has to win this state to i guess join the long list of republican candidates who went on to the white house. they've won ohio. he has to do that if he wants to follow that trend. there are other ways to get here if he doesn't win the state. he's going to be talking about the economy, of course. we've been hearing that over the last couple days and yesterday he sort of repackaged his stump speech and message framing it in a way to communicate to families saying what's in the best interest of your family, how are the housing prices affecting your family, how is the national debt affecting your family. we may be hearing more about that in just a few moments from now. i have to tell you, as you know, ashleigh, there's been a distraction for the campaign over the last 24 hours and has to do with indiana republican senate candidate richard mourdock who made the contr
the latest "time" magazine poll that came out yesterday showed the president ahead of mitt romney by 5 percentage points. our cnn polling of polls has a smaller advantage for president obama by three points but as you said, he has to win this state to i guess join the long list of republican candidates who went on to the white house. they've won ohio. he has to do that if he wants to follow that trend. there are other ways to get here if he doesn't win the state. he's going to be...
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according to a state university poll, rick santorum leads the republican poll in alabama with 23% support, but that's only 4 points above mitt romney. that's a statistical tie, in fact, when you bring in the margin of error. newt gingrich hanging around at 14%. in mississippi governor phil bryant putting his support behind mitt romney, the latest in a strong of endorsement from influential southern republicans including alabama's former governor and mississippi's lieutenant governor. governor bryant cited romney's chances in the general election as his reason for support. with the polls tight in the south the super pac supporting rick santorum making a big ad buy in both mississippi and alabama, the spot you see here goes after mitt romney saying he makes the same decisions as president obama. >>> santorum also going after newt gingrich there for dividing the conservative votes. santorum insists he could win the nomination if there were only one alternative to mitt romney. >> if you go out and work for us on tuesday, if you go out and deliver a conservative victory for us on tuesday, this
according to a state university poll, rick santorum leads the republican poll in alabama with 23% support, but that's only 4 points above mitt romney. that's a statistical tie, in fact, when you bring in the margin of error. newt gingrich hanging around at 14%. in mississippi governor phil bryant putting his support behind mitt romney, the latest in a strong of endorsement from influential southern republicans including alabama's former governor and mississippi's lieutenant governor. governor...
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our poll shows obama beats romney 70% to 25% among latinos. romney sits 57% negative rating among latino voters. states like practice, nevada, colorado, why dolla teen owes distrust governor romney so much. >> you know, it goes back -- that -- the latino population is generally speaking part of the democratic base. and so what we are trying to do, obviously is reach out to all americans. no matter what they are -- ethnic back ground is and bring them aboard and have done a fine job. clearly, when you go into the very, very core of democratic base the toughest sell you have. they are very much loyal to that party and to the president. i think the key is that we are bring something aboard and our message important them as well as it is for all americans and that is we offer an opportunity for jobs. >> george w. bush won 40% of latino vote in 2004. so they are not completely loyal to one side. it shows there is room for growth. how come governor romney can't do that? >> we are doing everything we can. our message is clearly resonating with americ
our poll shows obama beats romney 70% to 25% among latinos. romney sits 57% negative rating among latino voters. states like practice, nevada, colorado, why dolla teen owes distrust governor romney so much. >> you know, it goes back -- that -- the latino population is generally speaking part of the democratic base. and so what we are trying to do, obviously is reach out to all americans. no matter what they are -- ethnic back ground is and bring them aboard and have done a fine job....
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romney is on the roll, increasing slightly every day his lead in the national polls, catching up in the swing states and then sandy hits. first of all, it freezes the race. second of all monopolies the news so nothing else comes out and inevitably you you get to play the commander in chief and get to be in the situation room. of course, he wasn't on libya but that is another issue. then he gets to stand out there with the governor of new jersey a republican so he can now play the bipartisan whereas he has run the most partisan administration probably in the last 50 years. he gets all of those images that are priceless stuff that you couldn't possibly get in advertising. and then the is sub limbal thing. in a disaster the party of government has the upper hand. if there is anything that we need government for, it is war, national emergencies, domestic and foreign. gives this aura government perhaps it is the thing we need. then you are right the first three days of the disaster is the solidarity phase and the phase when everybody is looking really good and then he takes off and, of cours
romney is on the roll, increasing slightly every day his lead in the national polls, catching up in the swing states and then sandy hits. first of all, it freezes the race. second of all monopolies the news so nothing else comes out and inevitably you you get to play the commander in chief and get to be in the situation room. of course, he wasn't on libya but that is another issue. then he gets to stand out there with the governor of new jersey a republican so he can now play the bipartisan...
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he's done a lot for mitt romney. remember, pawlenty bowed out of the race after a poor finish in that straw poll in iowa and you know, it appeared at a time when his prospects, potential to win the nomination might be slim. later, it turned out as the field became chaotic, maybe he would be a better chance, but he stuck behind romney and continued to sing his praise. he would bring to the ticket a little working class, an area in which mitt romney struggled to connect. that is appearing as if he can identify with regular working class folks. tim plint pawlenty can. until he ran in, for the nomination at this time. he had a multi. a hockey league in minnesota. you could see him bringing that type of appeal mitt romney might like. on the other hand, there's a gender gap where he's not doing well with women, so an obvious appeal to having a woman on the ticket. it also benefits him to wait because he can see really where he needs the help. whether it's geographically in terms of ethnic or racial diversity in terms of ha
he's done a lot for mitt romney. remember, pawlenty bowed out of the race after a poor finish in that straw poll in iowa and you know, it appeared at a time when his prospects, potential to win the nomination might be slim. later, it turned out as the field became chaotic, maybe he would be a better chance, but he stuck behind romney and continued to sing his praise. he would bring to the ticket a little working class, an area in which mitt romney struggled to connect. that is appearing as if...